Why Wearables In Travel

Why Wearables In Travel

Let’s face it – today’s travel can be stressful. It breeds anxiety and worry, and turns us all into nervous nellies, double-checking and triple-checking flight times, terminals, check-in times, and gate changes. We do all sorts of things to try and combat that. We strap our passports around our neck, print out every document we might need in case we lose our phones, and we even memorize things like our frequent flier number. Yet the instant we start traveling, it’s immediately clear that our current tools could be better.

At TripCase, we believe wearables in travel change the game.

Paired with a smartwatch, TripCase can allow you to easily double-check everything with a glance

Yup, my flight’s still on time

Quickly get the information you need to get you through your trip

My confirmation code? I’ve got that right here

Keep the most up-to-date information right on your wrist

15 minute delay – I’ve got time to grab coffee

We believe wearables in travel can be truly innovative. So we’ve committed to them.

As the adoption of wearable technology grows, we want to ensure that the travel industry is ready to leverage this technology and serve travelers on the device they prefer. Wearable technology is going to continue to become a prominent means of customer notification and communication. We’re looking to take it even further – from a one-way means of communication to an interactive on-the-go service experience.

– John Samuel, Senior Vice President of TripCase

At TripCase, we want to use technology to enrich and enable your real life by making travel even easier. Download TripCase today and see the future.

Jason – thanks for commenting. This article is more outlining our thoughts on why wearables can make an impact in travel. If you have a Pebble or Android Wear smartwatch, there’s nothing to install – you should simply start receiving TripCase notifications on your watch. If you have an Apple Watch already (lucky!) then the watch app is bundled within the app for your phone and should already be available. To install TripCase on your smartphone, simply visit the app store on your phone (Google Play, iTunes, or the Amazon Appstore, depending on which phone you have) and search for “TripCase”.

Have a Pebble and have never had an update to the watch not unless I manually select share in the tripcase app and put my own email address in. And I have reported this a few times to tripcase support. I would think the app should update a notification to watch if this is your claim without having to select share and enter your own email address

Jeff – you should be receiving the same notifications on your Pebble that you normally receive through the TripCase mobile app. You may need to check the settings in the Pebble app to ensure that notifications from TripCase are selected.

Murat – currently we have only tested on Pebble, Android Wear, and Apple Watch. As you can see in the comments here, others have reported that TripCase notifications arrive on some Garmin watches, as well. If you have the Polar V800, we recommend that you give it a whirl and see. You may need to look into the settings of the Polar app on your phone to see if it can pass through notifications.

Hi Greg – we’ve tested TripCase with the three leading smartwatch systems – Pebble, Android Wear (including those from Samsung, Motorola and LG), and the Apple Watch. We’re always looking for new opportunities to bring functionality to our travelers, and will continue testing new wearable devices in the future.

Radek – for the Samsung Gear S, we don’t have an actual app right now. However, the notifications that you’ll receive on the watch are optimized specifically for the richer experience on that device. You’ll see a better visual experience than other smartwatches, and you’ll also have extra actions you can take right from the watch.

Lori – we have not tested on the Microsoft Band, but any notifications that TripCase triggers on your phone should be able to be pushed to the Microsoft Band. Simply look in the settings of the Microsoft Band app on your phone to toggle this.

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